Need help with args to exec command

[David Rosenstrauch]

Help!

Trying to execute a DOS command like this from my build.xml:

v:\netscapesigning\signing13\signtool.exe -e".class"


I tried doing this:

<exec
        dir="classes"
        executable="v:\netscapesigning\signing13\signtool.exe"
        failonerror="yes">
        <arg line="-e&quot;.class&quot;"/>
</exec>

But no dice.  Verbose output shows the command being generated as:

v:\netscapesigning\signing13\signtool.exe -e.class

Quotes are missing.  Bad.


So I tried doing this:
<exec
        dir="classes"
        executable="v:\netscapesigning\signing13\signtool.exe"
        failonerror="yes">
        <arg value="-e&quot;.class&quot;"/>
</exec>

Now the command is generated as:

v:\netscapesigning\signing13\signtool.exe '-e".class"'

Extra quotes were added.  Also bad.  Plus I get an ANT error:

"Can't handle single and double quotes in same argument"


Any ideas?


Thanks!


DR